Gilderfluke Pneumatic Motion Base Model

For IAAPA, Gilderfluke built a small pneumatic motion base for demonstrating the programming abilities of their software and the simplicity of a Gilderfluke & Co. control system when applied to a pneumatic motion base attraction.

The ‘Cadillac’ of motion bases is a ‘Six-DOF’. It has six cylinders arranged in three pairs of triangles. The motion platform can move in any of six possible directions. These are also sometimes referred to as a ‘Stewart Platform’, ‘Gough/Stewart Platform’, or simply ‘Hexapod’ for the six legs.

The actuators & valves for this motion base are from Enfield Technologies. The actuators are 1-½ bore and 6″ stroke, and have built-in feedback sensors.

With 100 PSI, these will lift about 175 pounds each. With six of them working together, this base should be able to lift about 1000 pounds, but because of the angles of the cylinders and uneven loading, the actual limit is around 500 pounds. This should be plenty of umpf if you want to bolt a chair to the top and take a ride.

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